November 27 in History

Historical Events on November 27

1839 In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

1863 American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

1912 Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

1940 World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

1965 Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

1978 In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

1978 The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

2015 United States: An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians were also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.

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Famous Birthdays on November 27

1940 Bruce Lee

1942 Jimi Hendrix

1960 Yulia Tymoshenko

1982 Tommy Robinson (activist)

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Famous Deaths on November 27

8 BC Horace

1940 Nicolae Iorga

1978 Harvey Milk

2008 V. P. Singh

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